[amsat-bb] Re: cleaning coax connectors

[Jeff Yanko]

Hi Jim,

Acetone should be the solution to your answer.

73,

Jeff  WB3JFS


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Sanford" <wb4gcs at amsat.org>
To: <microwave at wa1mba.org>; "'Amsat - BBs'" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 12:51 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] cleaning coax connectors


> All:
> Seeking advice on a cleaning solution for N-connectors which have been
> stored on cable in a barn and show a little verdigris.  That is, they
> have been protected from direct rain, but not ambient humidity.
>
> I considered some TV-tuner and control cleaner I have here, but that
> leaves a libricating residue with unknown effects on dielectric
> behavior, etc.
>
> Surely somebody's been thru this before!
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> (Yes, I'm digging out stuff for the FD satellite station . . ..)
>
> Thanks & 73,
> Jim
> wb4gcs at amsat.org
>
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